Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The instant invention is directed to an
improvement in the Hill phosphoric acid process. It
is particularly useful in treacment of high-iron feeds
(rock and dilute acid) in which some of the iron is
present in ferrous formO In accordance with the
invention, Fe++ in the dilute acid (26-36~ P2O5)
is oxidized to Fe~++. ~he oxidation is conveniently
carried out in the same vessel in which aluminum
silicate is added to the acid. (See description of
the Hill process, following.) This oxidation step
results in less post-precipitation of the final
product acid (57-60% P2O5). In a preferred
modification, a minor stream from the underflow of the
Hill crystallizer is also added to the aforesaid
vPssel .
U.S. Patent 4 048 289 teaches oxidation plus
return of sediment to-the digestion system. However,
the process requires addition of active silica, e.g.,
diatomaceous earth, and the oxidation results in
increasing solubility of iron and aluminum co~pounds,
whereas the instant invention uses oxidation in such a
way as to precipitate iron and aluminum compounds as
the phosphates. Further, the sedim~nt returned in
4 048 289 is that in acid concentrated up to a point
(42% P205) below that at which iron and aluminum
phosphate precipitate (except in minor amounts). The
sediment or sludge returned to the system in 4 048 289
is thus mostly gypsum and silico fluorides, in
contrast to the instant sludge, the solids of which
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are P2O5-containing. U.S. 3 528 771 shows return
oE a similar calcium sulfate/silicofluoride sediment,
to filtrate.
The drawing is a flow sheet showing application of
the invention to a commercial scale Hill phosphoric
acid process. The flow sheet starts with the
so-called Number One filtrate (typically 28-30%
P2O5). The preceding steps are conventional in
the wet-process phosphoric acid art and are omitted
from the flow sheet. They include, e.g., reaction of
phosphate rock with sulfuric acid to praduce crude
dilute phosphoric acid and byproduct gypsum. The
latter is filtered, and the final product of these
initial operations is the Number One filtrate.
The Hill process for control of post preciPitation
in Phosphoric acid is well known~ It is the subject
of U. S. Patents 4 110 422 and 4 164 550, and at this
writing it is in commercial use in facilities operated
by W. R. Grace & Co. in Bartow, Florida.
In summary the Hill process starts with crude
phosphoric acid, suitably 26-36% P2O5, e.g., the
No. 1 filtrate, 28% P2O5. This material is
thoroughly clarified with conventional flocculants.
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Then perlite or other suitable aluminum silicate is
added, suitably in an amount of 8-16 pounds per ton of
contained P2O5. The perlite-acid mix is then
concentrated in conventional evaporators to about 50%
P2O5 acid and this material is sent to a
crystallizer where solids drop out of the acid. The
underflow from the crystallizer is returned to the
train, suitably to the clarifier. The overflow is
generally concentrated further, e.g., up to 57-68
P2O5, and typically 60% P2O5. Under the
preferred conditions of operation the product leaving
the final evaporator is very low in solids and further
precipitation is negligible, even durin~ storage or
some weeks thereafter and shipment of many hundreds of
miles.
On the other hand, despite the ~eneral overall
satisfactory character of the Hill process, it is
susceptibLe to occasional varia~ion, stemming
generally from variations in phosphate rock analyses.
Also, while post-precipitation under preferred
conditions is generally quite small, there is
frequently some post precipitation. It is an object
of this invention to further reduce post-precipitation
under certain adverse conditions.
This invention is useful in cases where the weight
ratio of total Fe (a~ Fe2o~) to P2O5 in the
feed acid (line 1 in the drawing) is 0.04 or higher.
Thus, in ~xample 1, total Fe as Fe203 is 1.94%,
P2O5 is 28.2~, and 1.94/28.2 is 0.069, which value
indicates that use of the invention will be useful in
control of post-precipitation.
As practitioners in the art will note, such high
Fe is rarely encountered in actual commercial
practice. (A few phosphate rocks in Central Florida
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may from time to time produce acids with an Fe content
as high as used here.) High Fe was synthetically
provided in Example 1 by the addition of iron filings,
which simultaneously reduced Fe to Fe~ .
The invention requires that all or substantially
all Fe be oxidized to Fe . This is the main
requirement, considered as a modification of the basic
Hill process. Secondly, the P205 and the
Fe203/P205 ratio have to be considered. In
cases where a) P205 in the acid from the first
evaporator is 48% or less, e.g., 46-48%, and b) the
Fe203/P205 ratio as above defined is at least
0.05, e.g., 0.055-0.-075, then, in that case a minor
amount of the underflow from the crystallizer is to be
sent to the perlite mix vessel, to serve as seed
crystals in the crystallizer later on.
Referring now to the drawing, the incoming dilute
feed acid enters the system via line 1. This acid is
suitably the so-called No~ 1 filtrate ~rom the Prayon
filter system in a wet process phosphoric acid
reaction system. The No. 1 filtrate is well known to
those skilled in the art and it contains typically
phosphoric acid analyzing about 28~ as P~05. (The
No. 1 filtrate material used in Example 1 analyzed
28.2% P205). The No. 1 filtrate is fed to launder
3, whence it exits via line 5 to clarifier 7.~
CIarifier 7 overflows via line 9 to perlite mix tank
11. The clarifier underflow exits via line 13 and is
preferably returned to the reaction train, e.g., to a
headbox, not shown. At 15 is shown the perlite
storage container. This feeds via line 17 into
perlite feeder 19 which exits via line 21 to mix tank
11. Line 23! constituting a minor stream from the
underflow of crystallizer 25 (hereinafter described)
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also feeds into mix tank 11. Oxidant line 27 also
feeds into mix tank 11. At 57 is shown oxidant
storage, which ~eeds via line 59 throu~h metering pump
61 to line 27, which feeds to mix tank 11. Exit line
- 29 leads from mix tank 11 through pump ~1, thence via
line 3~ to evaporator E at 35 and evaporatoe. F at 37.
It will be noted that line 38 branches into line 3
proceeding to evaporator 35 and to 33B proceeding to
evaporator 37. The concentrated product exiting from
evaporator 35 exits via line 39 and that from
evaporator 37 via line 41. Lines 39 and 41 join to
form line 43 which feeds to crystallizer 25. The
underflow from crystallizer 25 exits via line 45 which
splits into two lines, namely line 23, and line 47.
Most of the effluent in line 45 is fed to line 47, to
the clarifier 7. A minor amount, under certain
conditions, may be sent via line 2~ to mix tank 11.
Returning now to crystallizer 25 it will be noted that
the overflow proceeds via line 49 to G-evaporator 51.
Here the phosphoric acid is further concentrated,
e.g., from about 50% up to about 60~. The final
product exits via line 5~ and is collected in product
tank 55. ~.
Example 1
This was performed under laboratory conditions.
However, the general flow sheet shown.in the drawing
would be applicable on a commercial scale, and
reference to that flow sheet will be made in the
course of this description. The eEfluent from the E
and F evaporators, respectively 35 and 37, combined
into line 43 analyzes 48% P205. This material is
taken to crystallizer or settler 25. (In the actual
laboratory work this settling was done in a much
smaller vessel). The underflow from crystallizer/
settler 25, exiting throu~h line 45 is split into
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lines 23 and 47. This is done in a so-called
"pants-leg splitter". This apparatus is well known to
those skilled in the art and permits adjustment by the
operator as to flow going through each leg. In this
case 90% of the flow goes to clarifier 7. The
remainder, about 10%, goes via line 23 to mix tank
11. Actually this minor flow can vary from about 5 to
about 20~. These flows are, of course, by volume.
Continuing now with the laboratory work, the total
clarifier overflow was 1428 grams. In commercial
practice the clarifier overflow would, as already
described, proceed via line 9 to mixing tank 11. In
the laboratory work three grams of perlite was added
to the mix at this point. The mix contained 1.36
iron, as Fe. All iron at this point was in the
divalent form, induced artificially by treating the
mix with iron filings so as to reduce all trivalent
iron to divalent iron. Measured as Fe203, the
iron was 1.94%. The ratio of Fe203 to P205 in
the mix was 1.94/28.2 = 0.0689. The crystaIlizer
underflow recycled to mix tank 11 was 20 grams of
slurry, which contained 15~ by weight of solids. To
this mix was added 35.5 grams of 25% hydrogen peroxide
aqueous solution. This was predetermined to represent
oxidation of 150% of the divalent iron to trivalent
iron, basis the stoichiometric reaction of hydrogen
peroxide with Fe to form Fe+++. As already
described this material was mixed and further
evaporated 50 as to provide phosphoric acid analyzing
46.7~ P2053 total Fe as Fe, 2.37~; Fe as
Fe203, 3.39~ Fe , 0.04~5 H2SO4, 4.10~ and
solids, nil. The evaporated product analyzed,
Fe203 3.29 weight percent; divalent Fe, 0.04%~ and
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solids, nil. This stream, as already stated, proceeds
to the crystallizer represented as 25. The phenomena
within the crystallizer were watched carefully. One
layer of sediment came down fairly rapidly. After six
hours another ]ayer came down. In the commercially
operated crystallizer settler shown at 25, the
retention time is approximately 30 hours, so that
plenty of time is allowed for collecting both types of
sediments. Analyses of these two layers of sediments
are given in Table 1. Overflow from the crystallizer,
fairly well free of sediment, proceeds via line 49 to
the G evaporator 51. Here the product is further
concentrated to provide a P205 of 58.7 weight
percent~ all iron as Fe is 2.11%. Divalent iron is
only 0.07% indicating the remainder of the iron to be
present as ferric iron~ sulfur as H2S04 was 5.4%.
The product was stored and examined for post-precipi-
tation characteristics Aside from a very little
sediment, which appeared to be mostly calcium
sulphate, there was no post precipitation during the
next 70 days.
"Seed crystals" returned to tank 11 via line 23
appear to behave quite differently from perlite, at
least in bench scale work. Thus, whereas perlite
substantially dissolves when phosphoric acid is ,!
concentrated in Evaporators E and F (numbers 35 and 37
in the drawing), it appears that little or none of the
seed crystals dissolve during this treatment, and most
survive throughout the journey from tank 11 to
crystallizer-settler 25.
Although the foregoing shows the addition of seed
crystals to the perlite addition tank, actually they
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can be added anywhere along the flow sheet, between
the clarifier 7 and the first stage evaporators, 35
and 371 e.g., direct to line 9, or l:o line 33, or to
oxidant line 27.
Similarly, oxidation is not necessarily confined
to the perlite addition tank 11, although this is
preferred as a convenience. The oxidation step has
been carried out before and after clarification in
clarifier 7, and tests so far show hO differences
which is to say, both products showed good post-
precipitation control. Also, good results have been
obtained on oxidizing 60% P2O5 with nitric acid.
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Tahle 1
Analysis of_Crystallizer Sediment in Example
UPPER LAYER LOWER LAYER
Filtered and Air-dried
P2O5 48.30 30.00
CaO 0.76 13.41
Si02 0.25 4.05
Fe23 20.25 10.20
A123 1.80 1.10
F 0.73 9.71
H2S04 NIL 15.00
MgO 0.29 0.24
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Na20 0.15 6.42
K20 0.64 3.00
Fe 14.47 7.31
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Fe 0.03 trace
Methanol Washed
P2O5 53.20 .27.30 . :`
CaO 1.1~ lg.60 r"
Si02 .35 5.00
Fe23 13.10 8.20
A123 1.40 0.85
F 0.62 13.20
2 4 NIL 21.8~ ~
MgO 0.14 0.13 . .
Solids
Na20 0.23 9.94
K20 0.97 6.10
Fe 9.18 5.31
Fe++ trace 0.01
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The above analyses suggest that the ]ower layer
(first to precipitate) is a mix of calcium sulate, a
complex of ferric and alkali metal phosphates, and
alkali metal fluosilicates. The upper layer appears
to be mostly a ferric phosphate.
Exam~e 2
This was carried out in the same manner as
Example 1, except that there was no diversion of
crystallizer underflow to the perlite mix tank. Here,
the product was concentrated to about 50~ P205~
0.075 wt. % perlite (based on P2O5) was added in
the mix tank; Fe203/P2O5 was about 0.045-0.05~
Fe /Fe was about 0.08 - 0.10. Oxidation was with a
stoichiometric amount of H202. Pbst-precipitation
was negligible.
. Divalent Fe
It mi~ht be supposed that all Fe in phosphate rock
has had time to oxidize completely to Fe + during
the course of geologic time. Nevertheless, typical
Florida rock carries a sensible amount o~ Fe as
Fe++, and this carries over into acid made from the
rock. It is theorized that accompanying organic
matter reduces some of the Fe+~+ to Fe+ in the
rock and/or in the acid. Whatever the mechanism,
Fe++ is frequently found. If high-iron rock is used
to make Hill acid, this Fe is best l'knocked downl'
as insoluble Fe + compounds before shipment. This,
of course, requires oxidation.
Example 1 ahove shows all Fe as Fe . This, of
course, wnuld not occur in commercial practice. The
Example shows, however, that the invention works even
though all the Fe may be present as Fe
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The Oxidation Step
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As mentioned, the basic feature of this invention
is oxidation o~ Fe to Fe in a Hill phosphoric
acid process as above defined, in cases of high iron
as already described.
Oxidation is conveniently carried out in the same
vessel to which the perlite or other al~minum silicate
is added. It is evident that this additional step can
be easily added to a conventional Hill operation with
only minor modifications to the existing set-up.
In the two examples given, hydrogen peroxide (25%
aqueous solution) is used as the oxidant. The
stoichiometry assumed is
2Fe + H202 + 2H = 2Fe+++ + 2H2~
Oxidation has also been carried out with nitric
acid and patassium permanganate with good results.
Other oxidants can be used, e.g., ozone; sodium
dichromate~ chlorine or sodium hypochlorite,
chlorates, potassium bromate and the like, al~o air
and/or oxyqen.
The amount of oxidant should be at least 100% of
that required to oxidize all Fe++ to Fe +~ O It
is often desirable to use a stoichiometric excess of
oxidant, e.g., 50% in the case of H202
The oxidant materials can be used in various
concentrations. Various concentrations of H202
are available, ranging from 3 to 98~ (aqueous). The
major grades sold by producers are 35, 50, 70, and 90
H202. These are all sultable~ 25 or 50% is
preferred.
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Minor_Streami of Crystallizer Underflow
Sending crystallizer underflow to the clarifier is
conventional in the practice of the Hill process, as described
in R. N. Hill's copending application Canadian 347,504, filed
March 12, 1980. As shown in that application, sludge from
the crystallizer, when sent to the clarifier, drops most of
its solids to the bottom of the clarifier, where they leave
with normal claxifier solids. The liquid portion of the
crystallizer sludge is approximately 50% P2O5 acid, and this
very valuable portion of the crystallizer underflow is re-
covered in the clarifier, where it may serve to increase the
P2O5 content of the clarifier acid by a full percentage point
or more, thereby saving the energy expended in initially
evaporating that amount of acid to 50~ or thereabouts. The
advantages of crystallizer sludge return are fully retained
in the instant invention, even though in one modification
a minor portion of the crystallizer underflow is sent to the
perlite mix vessel, thereby bypassing the clarifier. In this
embodiment it will be evident that evaporation energy is not
lost, since all the acid in the mix tank (11 in the drawing)
proceeds directly to the E/F evaporators, 35 and 37. The
small amount of sludge solids is retained in suspension
~throughout its journey to crystallizer 25, where eventually,
after serving as nuclei for further crystals, it falls to the
bottom of the crystallizer and exits as underflow, to repeat
its flow path, at least in part. There is no solids buildup,
because solids from the system as described in the drawing
(clarifier underflow, line ~3) go back to the headbox in the
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the extent they are not finally dissolved, they are
collected in the gypsum filter cake. Thus very little
actual P205 values are lost.
The amount of solids in the minor side stream 2
may vary, but typically it is 10 to 35 wt % of the
side stream. This is of course the same ratio as in
the crystallizer underflow 45 and in the major stream
47. In a large scale operation solids in these three
streams is typically 25 wt.~. .
Even though crystallizer underflow return is not
required with all oxidations, it wili do no harm, and
is merely superfluous, i.e., it adds a nominal amount
to the cost of pumping the minor stream of under10w.
Variations in P205 of acid coming from the E/F
evaporators, taken with variations in the iron to
P205 ratio, may influence the amoun~ of perlite to
be added, and may influence the decision as to whether
a minor stream of crystallizer underflow is to be used
in addition to oxidation. Although some experiment-
ation may be required, depending on rock analysis, the
following Table 2 offers some useful guidelines. In
this table, in the left-hand column the % P205
refers to the acid leaving the E/F evaporators (line
- 43); ~ of seed crystals is the weight of solids taken
in the minor stream of crystallizer underflow (line
23), and-is also based on the same P205. The
Fe203/P205 ratio is calculated by first
: - determining total Fe in line 9, clarifier overflow,
then multiplyinq by a factor to convert ~o %
Fe203j then dividing % Fe203 by % P205 in
the dilute acid feed (e.g., the Number 1 filtrate).
The Fe~/Fe ratio is the we~ight of Fe~ in the acid in
line 9, and Fe is total iron in line ~. Since
oxidation is required for all operations, it is not
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separately stated as an option or variable in the
table. In all cases 0.75 weight ~ of perlite was
assumed added to the acid (as in mi~ing vessel 11 in
the drawing). The % was based on the weight of
P2O5 in the acid added to the mixing vessel (i.e.,
line 9).
Table 2
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25 Seed Crystals Fe203/P2O5 Fe /Fe
in acid Return, wt% weight ratio weight ratio
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51 0 0.04 -0.045 0.0~ -0.10
o 0.045-0.05 0.06 -0.08
49 0 0.05 -~.055 0~04 -0.06
48 0.5 0.055-0.06 0.03 -O.n4
47 0.5 0.06 -0.065 0.025-0.03
46.5 0.75 0.065-0.07 0.02 -0.025
46 0.75 0.07 -0.075 less than 0.02
Even in cases where seed crystal return is not
actually needed (having reference to the above table)
it does no harm to the system to add seeds along with
oxidation. Conversely, there are indications that
seeding may be beneficial even without oxidation, in
certain borderline situations, e.g., where
Fe203/P2O5 in the No. filtrate is 0.03-0.04.
In a generalized set of conditions, using both
Fe++ oxidation and crystallizer-settler seed return,
the invention involves the following:
(1) Perlite addition (21), as a fraction of
clarifier overflow (13), about 0.0~-0.8'i~, and
preferably about 0.2%.
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(2) Concentration of acid in E and F evaporators
(35 and 37) to about 46-51~ P2O5, and preferably
about 4fi-48~ P2O5.
(3) Using an excess of oxidant to ensure oxidation
of Fe++ in the acid to E'e ~, suitably about
125-175% of stoichiometric of a 25~ aqueous hydrogen
peroxide solution.
(4) Providing sufficient retention time in the
crystallizer-settler 25 to drop out 2 sets of precipi-
tates or crystals in sequence from a given portion of
acid entering the crystallizer~ suitably a retention
time of 6-60 hours, and preferably about 30 hours.
These precipitates have substantially the analyses
stated in Table 1. Obviously, in a continuous opera-
tion the precipitation of both the "early" and "late"
solids will be continuous, and it is neither feasi~le
nor desirable to attempt a separation. The crystal-
lizer-settler underflow will of course comprise both
types.
(5) Taking an 80-95%/5-20% split in crystallizer-
settler underflow (45), with 80-95% to clarifier (7)
and the remaining 5-20~ to perlite mix tank (11).
Preferably the split is about 90%/10%.
(6) And finally evaporating the acid to about
57-63% P2O5, preferably about 58-60% P2O5.
The invention finds particular utility for post-
precipitation control and sludge return ~from crystal-
lizer-settler 25 to clarifier 7) in treating acid made
from high iron phosphate rock, or acid which for one
reason or another contains a high concentration of Fe,
part of which is in the~Fe++ form. Oxidation is
useful when the Fe203/P2O5 ratio in the rock is
about 0.04-0.075 and the Fe /Fe ratio is higher than
0.02. When the said Fe203/P2O5 ratio is in the
range 0.055-0.075, or higher, then seed crystal return
should also he used, as above explained. See Table 2.;
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Analytical
Except for solids and iron, analyses were made by
procedures in "Methods Used and Adopted by the
Associa*ion of Florida Phosphate Chemist:s," Fifth Ed.,
1970 ("AFPC"). Where more than one method is
provided, the selections were as follows:
P, Photometric method (phosphate rock); p. 80.
Aluminum oxide, Atomic absorption method, p. 95.
F, Specific ion electrode method, p. 104A.
Water, Karl Fischer method, p. 127.
Phosphoric acid in phosphoric acid, Total
phosphoric acid method, p. 1~2.
Solids were determined by the following procedure: -
A~paratus
a. Vacuum filtration sys~em
b. Drying oven adjusted to 105 C.
c. Gooch crucible, porcelain, with perforated
bottom
- Rea~ents:
-a. Asbestos - Powminco brand or equivalent,
special
for-Gooch crucibles, acid washed. This grade
asbestos as received should be thick slurried
with water and blended in a Waring blender or
equivalent for 10 seconds. The blended slurry
should then be placed in an Erlenmeyer .f lask
and washed ~-S times by adding distilled water
and decantinq to remove the extremely fine
material.- The washing is accomplished by
thoroughly shaking the blended asbestos with
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each water wash and then allowing it to settle
for 5-10 minutes before decantation of the
excess water and fine material.
b. Methanol, absolute.
Dete~mlnation
Prepare the Gooch crucible with a pad of asbestos
which filters freely under medium suction. (In lieu
of asbestos, glass fibers can be used.) Pad should be
thick enough to retain all suspended solids. Wash Pad
several times with distilled water, finally with
methanol, and place in drying oven at 105 C. for a
minimum of one hour. Remove from drying oven and
place in desiccator until cool. Reject or rework
crucibles which visually show evidence of pad
separation from crucible walls. Weigh crucible
rapidly and record tare weight. Resuspend solids in
sample by shaking thoroughly. Immediately weigh
approximately five-ten grams of sample, accurately
~eighed, into the crucible. Place the crucible and
contents on a filter flask and filter with strong
vacuum until all of the liquid portion has been
filtered through. Wash the solids five times with
five ml portions of methanol allowing each wash to
filter throu~h completely. Remove crucible from
suction and place in the drying oven at 105 C for a
minimum of one hour. Cool in desiccator and-weigh
rapldly as soon as cool.
% Suspended Solids = Weight of Re_~due- X 100 -~
Weight of Sample
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immediately analyzed. Thus! values for P2O5,
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lime, silica, iron, alumina, etc. include components
in both liquid and solid phases.
Ferrous and ferric iron were determined by the
following procedure;
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a. Standard Potassium Dichromate
A 0.1 N. solution is made by dissolving ~.904
~rams and diluting to one litér with distilled water.
b. Stannous Chloride
Sixty grams of the crystallized salt is
dissolved in 600 ml of concentrated HCl and made up to
1 liter with distilled water.
c. Phosphoric Acid - Sulfuric Acid Mixture
150 ml concentrated H2SO4 and 150 ml
concentrated H3PO4 are diluted to 1 liter with
distilled water.
d. Mercuric Chloride
~ A saturated solution o~ ~gC12 (60-70 grams
per liter)- is made.
e. Diphenylamine
One gram of diphenylamine is dissolved in 100
ml-of H2SO4.
Determination
A 5.00 gram sample of acid is weighed into a 250 -~
ml beaker. About 100 ml of distilled water is added
to the beaker. Then 15 ml of the phosphoric-sulfuric
acid mixture and 4 drops of diphenylamine are added.
The solution is stirred and potassium dichromate is
added drop by drop until a deep purple color
develops. The milli:Liters of potassium dichramate is
recorded and used in the calculation for ferrous iron.
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A total iron is run by weighing out 5.00 ~rams
into a 250 ml beaker, adding 25 ml of 1:1 HCl and
about one ml of 2% potassium permanganate solution,
placing this on the hot plate and boilinq until the
color of permanganate is destroyed. The iron is then
reduced by adding stannous chloride drop by drop until
the solution is colorless. Add one-two drops in
excess. The solution is allowed to cool to room
temperature. The solution is diluted to 100 ml and 15
ml saturated mercuric chloride is added. Add lS ml of
phosphoric-sulfuric acid mixture and 4 drops of
diphenylamine indicator. Potassium dichromate is
added drop by drop to the stirred solution until a
deep purple end point develops.
Calculation:
Ferrous IrOn=ml Titration for Ferrousx 005585 x 100
wt of sample
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% Total Iron =ml ~itration for total x 0055~5 x 100
wt of samPle
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